78 MY HORSE ; MY LOVE 



while being urged on by the smarting, irritating lash, all 

 their natural aptitudes held in abeyance, in order that they 

 may thus give a " stylish " effect on parade.' 



I fancy there must be very few who have not a keen 

 appreciation of their courage and loyalty, their beauty 

 and sagacity, their endurance and power, their affection 

 and forbearance, and, above all, their self-restraint under 

 provocation. 



* It may be so, but it is to wealth and fashion that we 

 look, to promote the development of these noble animals, 

 and to prevent their being tortured and harassed by in- 

 human and ignorant abuses. 



